16 Facts About Shin Ha-kyun

Shin Ha-kyun first trained as a stage actor at the Seoul Institute of the Arts before acting in a large number of plays by Jang Jin.

Shin Ha-kyun was cast in Jang's first movie, The Happenings, and he has since appeared in almost all of Jang's feature films.

Shin Ha-kyun first became a superstar with his role as a young North Korea soldier in Park Chan-wook's smash hit Joint Security Area in late 2000.

In Park Chan-wook's acclaimed 2002 film, Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Shin Ha-kyun played a deaf man with bright green dyed hair who is driven by desperation to kidnap a young girl.

In 2013, Shin Ha-kyun headlined the romantic comedy series All About My Romance about two legislators from rival political parties who fall in love, followed by the high-profile action film Running Man about an ordinary man forced to become a fugitive after he gets framed for murder.

Shin Ha-kyun then played a septuagenarian whose body magically reverts to his thirties in the 2014 romantic comedy series Mr Back.

Shin Ha-kyun next gave a villainous turn as an evil mastermind game planner in the action-thriller Big Match.

In 2016, Shin Ha-kyun starred in the police procedural crime drama Piped Piper, playing a negotiator.

Shin Ha-kyun then starred in the comedy film Detour, followed with comedy thriller Room No 7.

Shin Ha-kyun played a supporting role in the action film The Villainess co-starring Kim Ok-vin.

In 2018, Shin Ha-kyun starred in the romantic comedy film What a Man Wants.

Shin Ha-kyun returned to the small screen in the Korean remake of British crime drama Luther.

In 2020, Shin Ha-kyun starred in the medical drama Soul Mechanic.

In 2021, Shin Ha-kyun starred in the psychological thriller drama Beyond Evil as an impulsive and eccentric police officer.

Shin Ha-kyun's performance earned him the award for the Best Actor - Television at 57th Baeksang Arts Awards.

Shin Ha-kyun's niece, Park Eun-young, is a former member of the Korean idol group Brave Girls.